I was wondering if you guys know any tricks to getting the rear radius arm off? I have it down to the front bushing (picture below), but it's stuck on. Thus far I've tried wedging a pickle fork in there and jumping on it (no dice) and pulling/rotating it with Heman strength (also fail). I sprayed on some liquid wrench and I'm letting it sit for a couple hours, then I'll retry. Just wondering if maybe there's a special trick to it that I'm not aware of?

Thanks!

 

I've never found a magic trick. Three foot pry bar and plenty of grunting will usually do the trick. Keep at it. It'll give up eventually. Make sure you don't get hurt when it finally breaks free.

Cheers
DD

 

Thanks Doug. Heman and a pry bar it is.

 

Matjohns,
I just redid my rear diff/brakes/etc and had to remove the trailing arms to remove the whole rear diff. I used a tool that I read about on the tech tips site of Jaguar Specialties and it worked great. To learn about this tip on how to remove the trailing arm, google Jaguar Specialties and go to Tech tips, go to I believe Tip #11 and read the tip. It helped me alot and the trailing arms came off without much work at all. The one side just popped off and the other side I had to use a hammer, but it only took about 2 hits and the arm popped off. Good luck

 

93greenconv Nice find on the trailing arm tip, I own a newer S type, so I will never use it but the tip has been firmly logged in the memory bank. Thanks Paul

 

Here's a link to the tech tip

Jaguar Specialties

Cheers
DD

 

I have a long barrel air hammer and a small diameter flat ended hammer bit that fits into the bushing hole. I soak the area with penetrating oil and a few seconds of 'air hammering' straight into the hole while prying down on the edge and the arm pops off.

Don't use a punch or small bit that will damage the bolt hole.

A short barrel hammer might work but they don't hit as hard as a long barrel.

bob gauff

 

Well, I finally figured it out. I ended up having to cut the rubber and pulling the arm off, then heating/hammering/prying the inner part bushing until it popped off (not an easy task). If you follow this method, I highly recommend grinding the rubber completely off before you commence heating with a propane torch. Ancient rubber impregnated w/ thirty years of road tar and engine oil burns REALLY good. And, since it's three inches away from your fuel line, you can see how that might go bad. But alls well that ends well! Thanks for the tips and info, couldn't have done it without ya'll.

 

Don't forget to put a smear of coppaslip onto the lug when you replace the arms; they should come off OK then, next time.

 

As Matjohns mentioned, I pulled of the arm by cutting the rubber and then removed the "remains" by heating, tapping, prying.

 

I wedged the flat end of a three foot prybar deep in above the bushing and used a jack on the other end. It starts to lift the car before it pops off. BE CAREFUL!

Use a little anti seize when it is re assembled.

 

thanks to all posts on this; I today combined the hook tool idea with the pry bar idea.
The essential thing is to get the force applied to the INNER cup, NOT the outer, because on the outer most of the force you apply will be absorbed by the rubber.Thanks to the hook tool photo I realised that the inner cup is hollow and can receive the square end of a 12 inch 1/2 inch extension bar at an angle which has the same effect as the hook tool. Then jack up the other end of the bar with a trolley jack , wearing gloves, keeping clear and protecting your vitals such as wallet, and eyes. The car body will lift adding to the separation force. 30 seconds later POP ! free

 

i used a bottle jack to get mine off. place it between the arm and the body pump it up and back the F**k up and let it work.

 

A cold chisel about 1 inch across inserted above the radius arm with the end pointing against the join between the radius arm cup and the round 'ball' on the chassis, then given a couple of good whacks with a lump hammer always does it for me!

Greg

 

i kind of cheated , seeing as how mu rubbers were bad anyway i put pressure on them with a crowbar just enough to stretch them some them sliced nearly all the way around & through with a stanley knife - then help constant pressure on the crow bar untill the gradually tear off . npow with a combination an angle grinders & die grinders i will carefuly slice the inside bush & expand it with a chisel whack & it'll pop off ok